Phoenix: Launch minus 12 minutes and weather is "go"

Emily Lakdawalla

Written by Emily Lakdawalla
August 4, 2007

I'm up now, I'm plugged in to all my various media, and it looks like I didn't get up for nothing; Phoenix is ready to go, and the biggest potential problem for launch -- weather -- appears to be clear. It sure looks like Phoenix will go off today!

We're in the middle of a 10-minute planned launch hold; the countdown stands at T-4 minutes.

Woo hoo!

At launch minus 6, final poll, and all teams are reporting "Ready!

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